Grant appeared as a cunning lawyer/murderess on an episode of
Columbo, for which she was
nominated for an Emmy as Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a
Movie. Competing against herself, she received the award for her
other Emmy-nominated performance in The Neon Ceiling. She
had her own sitcom, a series entitled Fay (1975), which,
in spite of its popularity, was canceled after only eight episodes
by nervous NBC executives who received hate mail that demonized
'Fay the divorcee.' It remains the highest-ranking Nielsen-ranked
show (at fifth) to have been canceled so early in its debut. Grant
was vocal in assigning blame for the cancellation of the series
which was about the travails of a mature, divorced, sexually active
woman - a character that may have turned off some viewers.